06 Sep 2024 16:58:44
George - think I will stick with the "somewhat"and am now beginning to doubt the " integrity" part of your handle.
06 Sep 2024 17:53:26
You do that 1869. I'll book myself in for missing your incredible up to date company I can't do without. Say hi to your dinosaur ? collection.
06 Sep 2024 18:33:36
Consider it done, let’s go with GeorgeHypocrisyWhitbread. From the above drivel I assume English is your second language.
06 Sep 2024 20:57:39
Anyone who puts that in name needs questioning like the bloke in the office with the whacky tie who tells everyone he is crazy in a funny way.
06 Sep 2024 23:38:14
Berm His middle name though true to form. It's zero. ?.
07 Sep 2024 07:11:39
Nope, George just attempts to massage his Walter Mitty ego, by proclaiming his own genius at hiding, erm, his own genius, from other posters! That one made a bit o’wazz leak out!
07 Sep 2024 10:18:36
Really George, given your response to my friendly advice, on present form perhaps you should change your handle to Oscar Wilde.
But seriously, I had no intent to wound you dear friend, merely to offer you a chance for a little self-reflection, and if that wounded you, that’s on you.
Of course, away from this forum you may be a learned, wise, kind and considerate fellow, with GIW being a persona you create for a little jovial relief. However, rest assured that when on occasion you send a waspish barb towards another on this forum or elsewhere, whether it hurts your target or not, you wound yourself, for the intent was there. Take a little more time in self reflection, and maybe learn to like others a little more, then you might find you actually like yourself a little more too.
07 Sep 2024 12:30:04
Loving the free psychoanalysis. I'm either a self-loving Mitty character as advanced by a nicotine laden bodybuilder with his own mugshot for a picture or I'm a self-loathing individual who must try love myself first. Confused ??.
07 Sep 2024 14:27:31
Lmao George .
There's a few pseudo psychoanalysts on here lol ?.
07 Sep 2024 15:25:23
Never said you were self-loathing George, you never give any impression of that - just that if you tried to like others a little more, you may actually find you like yourself to a greater extent - and even if you don’t (at least to begin with) you might find others like you more than they do at the moment - so you win either way.
If you just continue as you are doing, more fool you, it’s your loss. Pity is, by acting as you are you’re helping to drive some great contributors off this site, making it a poorer place for all of us.
07 Sep 2024 16:08:55
Baz Meanwhile it seems Brighty got excited thinking about you and my post when he referenced the leakage of his "bit o wazz". Sounds like Baz when read quickly.
07 Sep 2024 16:18:19
Clueless How you know they are great contributors? How you know they're leaving?
Not sure of the consistency here.
Only last week one poster instructed me to become a contortionist. Where was the editing there? Where was the support for George there? I didn't even complain.
This is a banter site demonstrable by the name Leeds Banter. I take it all in good jest. What others do up to them but desires for Leeds to play regularly L1 opponents when I crave a 55,000 all-seater and EPL football will produce an appropriate sardonic message. The thread in question definitely got out of hand - just ask Brighty ??.
07 Sep 2024 17:54:29
Yes Georgey.
. Brighty does seem to regularly refer to leaking a lot of " wazz" in his postsn.
07 Sep 2024 17:55:25
And Georgey seriously a class reply to Clu .
07 Sep 2024 18:31:10
Trouble is some mistake banter for just being a bruke
Banter needs a level of wit and mutual respect. And please don’t compare giw to Oscar Wilde. Ada writer I love Wilde and often try to loving rip him off!
Comparing him to Wilde to me is like comparing bubs to Wilko or kp to batty… and as I may of mentioned of not fans of either.
07 Sep 2024 18:23:08
There was no support as you alienate too many people. That doesn’t require analysis from anyone. You made yer bed, and get to lie in it, with Baz. That should keep you content at least.
07 Sep 2024 20:31:37
Give over ?
facts are Belligerent Brighty and Wee Berma give as good as they get doshing out plenty ( not with any wit either imo) ?
Water off a ducks back for me . no problemo at all ?.
07 Sep 2024 23:06:56
Berm - the comparison is only in reference to the Oscar Wilde’s supposed quip to US Customs - variously phrased in its ‘reporting’ but along the lines of “I have nothing to declare but my genius”.
Other than that there is absolutely no comparison between the authentic genius wit of Wilde and anything I’ve read of George’s on here.
And George, don’t try to pull that one, you reap what you sow - sometimes your frequent sniping prompts others to lower their standards and snipe back. But in all seriousness, guys, lay off poor George, what did he ever do to offend anyone. No, really George, I do actually pity you - why put so much effort into trying to put others down and pointless attempted point scoring? It’s not clever, it’s not actually funny, it’s just rather sad, and very demeaning - of yourself that is. And if you can’t see that, you really are a fool.
08 Sep 2024 01:02:04
Come on then Clu
1) So when did George declare he was a 'genius ' Clu?
(I don't recall him ever referring to himself as a genius! )
and
2) so whom Clu in your opinion do you actually consider ( if anyone ) on here has an ( Oscar Wilde) natural aptitude for wit!?!
or 3) even a poster with just some aptitude for wit Clu?
08 Sep 2024 07:17:11
George has professed his own miracle level intelligence, memory capabilities, and eloquence on many occasions Baz, something you quite clearly missed, in a similar way that you can’t see how dross his attempts at wit are, how pathetic his efforts at belittling others are, how disrespectful he is to serious matters that others post about, and what a fight he faces managing his small man syndrome in almost every post he makes.
I normally believe that you can’t judge a person until you actually meet them face to face, but he is the exception, as he portrays his diminutive character very well with his disrespectful, childish and pathetic attempts to seem better than anyone else in here.
08 Sep 2024 08:21:28
Hmmm yet on Leeds Livechat Bright. you and George get on swimmingly?
08 Sep 2024 13:44:07
Bright Don't recall professing the things you allege except for my memory. I've made it clear for instance I regard Dill, Clu and Baz as better posters than I.
Don't recall belittling serious matters (such as heartache, illness or death) . I have posted many RIPs for instance of former players no longer with us.
I accept you don't care for my dark humour. CC (another poster I rate very highly) has commented in the past about how my humour pleases some but offends others, perhaps a greater number. That's an observation I certainly accept but advancing the notion I make light of serious issues isn't accurate at all.
You clearly have a problem with me and that's fine but you are prone to exaggeration at least where I'm concerned. Don't really have a solution for you but given your friendliness in the live chat last week (which I correctly suspected at the time was fake) you might want to re-think your own far from stellar sincerity and unnecessary over the top attacks if nothing else. You can hate me all you want but don't see why you can't just keep that to yourself for the most part.
08 Sep 2024 17:20:55
Well that’s your memory claim shot to pieces too then!
And it ain’t black / dark humour at all. Read Boys from the Black Stuff. That is black humour.
And yeah, I’m done with ya, and I guess from reading lately, many are.
08 Sep 2024 17:22:33
And no, I did agree with a number of your posts in Live Chat. Perhaps you’re a different person without the chance to think, or trying to be something you’re not? It was genuine.
08 Sep 2024 18:05:14
Baz - It seems to have escaped your notice that my previous post was seeking to reassure our mutual friend Berm that I was in no way actually suggesting that George’s contributions to this forum were in any way comparable with the output of one of heroes Oscar Wilde, who was indeed a literary titan, with a legendary wit.
You seem to be trying to suggest that in doing so I intimated that in my opinion nothing George posted on here was witty/ amusing, and I did not, as some of his posts have been witty, as have some posts from many other contributors, including yourself. It’s just a pity that Sometimes you seem to make the mistake of seeing things in a very black and white manner, whereas in life most things aren’t like that but rather in different shades of grey
Talking of shades, George, let’s be clear, there is a very distinct difference between dark humour and personal insults on a forum, which the purveyor believes to be humorous.
The former is genuinely humorous, being a form of black humour (addressing TOPICS which are generally taboo for comedy, such as death and war) but in an absurd/ grotesque way - although sometimes black and dark humour are seen merely as interchangeable terms in referring to comic treatment of taboo subjects.
Personal insults are just insults, whether the purveyor and those of like mind find them funny or not.
08 Sep 2024 19:19:45
Hi Clu an interesting well written post . BUT
So really there was no logic nor sound reasoning from you Clu to suggest George change his handle to Oscar Wilde as :
1) George at no point has stated he is a " genuius " and nor has he ever perceived himself as a genius .
and
2) as you state yourself Clu in your opinion " there is absolutely no comparison in wit between Oscar Wilde and George"
So more red herrings from you Clu . not red flags this time at least ?.
08 Sep 2024 19:26:27
. and Clu you do realise you have twice in your most recent posts " personally insulted " George with the word " fool" .
. a word that you have also used several times previously to disparage others!
# just saying.
08 Sep 2024 19:56:54
Baz, please note that the quote attributed to Wilde is not a claim to be A GENIUS - there is more than one meaning and use of the word genius - look it up. As I said before - don’t look at things in black and white, stuff is rarely that straight forward. When you embrace the grey world you might argue a little less and learn a little more, which is a win win all round. And no, I’m not getting at you, I’m genuinely trying to be helpful to a fellow Leeds fan.
08 Sep 2024 20:24:53
Baz Think it's time for me to tune out of and refrain from posting on CNN.
I do appreciate your support. You are good ? people ??.
08 Sep 2024 23:28:39
4 meanings of genius Clu. none of them relevant to George situ.
Even you have previouly stated in your post Clu that you were joking re your suggestion of George renaming his handle Oscar Wilde ( as it clearly has NO MERIT in it at all! )
So all in all Clu as equally extremely tenuous as your other previous very dubious Orta and JKA defences?
#verywishywashygrey.
08 Sep 2024 23:31:54
Stay strong Georgey bro!
Keep posting!
And definitely come on the Leeds live chat matches!
09 Sep 2024 09:02:50
Oh dear Baz, it appears you haven’t done your homework on the usage of genius fully enough yet.
Likewise, your continued insistence that there were actually red flags in relation to JKA.
And I’m sure George doesn’t genuinely believe anyone on here actually hates him or require a ‘stay strong’, as he’s been on long enough to know that other posters value much of his contribution to the site and enjoy genuine banter and humour.
To be fair it may be your mutual encouragement and tag teaming with George against other fellow Leeds fans which possibly irritates others most, and seems to have contributed to some actually leaving the site over the years - so in the unlikely event that George does feel hounded out, you’d be partly responsible.
Leeds is a family club, sometimes it can feel like a fairly dysfunctional family (in so many ways) , but a family all the same. That’s why we all wonder what became of posters who’ve left the site for whatever reason, and why many of us return after taking time out, for whatever reason, and are welcomed back - regardless of past disagreements.
MOT - and here’s to the weekend, and another 3 points (hopefully).
09 Sep 2024 09:46:53
And Brighty, for balance, you may have gone in a little two-footed on George there. Seems the red mist descended for a moment.
Fairly understandable, as I know he and Baz have been needling you for quite a while now, and the whole persona thing can be very grating but, as you acknowledge, when out of ‘character’ the guy contributes well on here.
George, why not take the hint. Drop the act and just contribute to the main banter/ rumour pages as you do to the live chat - the site would be all the better for it.
09 Sep 2024 12:05:49
Understand what you’re saying Cluey, and yes, I was intentionally heavy handed; it’s been coming for over 11 years now, and enough is enough. I have always complimented people, including those I have many disagreements with, on what I think are good posts, even if they prove me wrong, (not that I attach any value to being correct! ) and that includes George. I stand by my comments, and it’s taken too long to say as much.